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- 9 Must have iPhone Apps for a Traveler - October 23, 2011
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The iPhone has taken over the mobile phone industry and turned a device that was once just for making calls and texts to a multimedia computer that fits in the palm of your hand. Always being connected is one of the greatest traits that any phone can deliver, but most iPhone users will tell you their favorite part about being an owner are the apps. Apps are small sized applications that users can purchase and download onto their iPhone. These include games, maps, and information applications. Users pride themselves on being able to do just about anything while on-the-go. The benefits of this on-the-go lifestyle do not stop at home, as there are many iPhone apps perfect for travel use. Below are considerably some of the best apps for the traveling iPhone user.
World Weather
Before stepping out of that hotel, it is a good idea to know what your day is going to look like and that means a check of the weather. The World Weather app gives real-time conditions and the daily forecast of over 850,000 cities across the globe. The app can find your location with the iPhone GPS or users can search by country, city, state, airport code, or zip code to find out what the weather will be like and whether or not they should be packing an umbrella.
get World Weather
Skype
The popular internet-telephoning program is available for the iPhone as an app. You can call, send messages, and take incoming calls from anyone with a Skype account. Skype is a great way for international travelers to beat the standard rates, as well.
Get Skype on iPhone
iTranslate
For travellers needing more in-depth translations or more obscure languages, iTranslate offer’s translations in 52 languages, including Afrikaans, Bulgarian, Chinese, Galician, Hindi, Icelandic, Lithuanian, Persian, Slovak, Swahili, Tagalog, and Yiddish among others. All you need to do is just type in the desired word or phrase and receive an email or tweet of the translation.
Hop Stop
This free app is great for travelers heading to cities where they are unfamiliar of their surroundings. The app gives details and advice about public transport in the area. This includes busses, trains, and taxis. The app even follows pedestrian routes to offer the most detailed directions from your start point to your destination.
Around Me
Well, now that you have found your way to the bus garage and are at your destination,
Expense Bay
Another free app, Expressway, is great for travelers on a budget or even travelers that are not tight on money but want to keep a record of their spending. This app allows the traveler the freedom to forego the ever-present envelope filled with receipts and bills that usually accompanies a holiday. By creating and ExpenseBay.com account, the user can upload images of the receipts and bills and add transactions to keep track of their spending.
Trip It
While on the subject of keeping holiday information organized, a look at the app Trip It is necessary. Trip It is great for travellers who may have booked all their services from air travel, to car hire, to hotels with different agencies. The app allows the user to create one cohesive itinerary out of the bits taken from each booking. You can also send your itinerary to friend and family or business colleagues so everyone has a copy of the itinerary.
Big Tipper
When traveling to a foreign or exotic destination, holiday goers tend to eat out quite a bit. Menus at these places can be just confusing enough without having to figure out how much things cost. When the bill arrives, the traveler is stumped as to how much to tip. Different countries and cultures have their own standards for tipping and then there is the exchange rate, which can sometimes be confusing. This app takes all the worry out of that situation. Not only will it calculate the proper tip rate for your location; it can also remember your tipping history and divide the bill for you less-than-mathematically-minded.
On the Fly
This app is invaluable to travelers that want to book a cheap flight. Built by ITA, this app allows users to search flights at the airport of their choice, and it searches nearby alternate airports for a better price. The app will not only suggest different airports, but also alternate nearby cities to fly into that may be a better deal. This app can save the user hundreds of pounds depending on where they want to go.
The iPhone is so popular and applications are being developed very quickly. It may be that while this has been written a new travel application has become available. Therefore, there is only one thing you can do and that is to check your iPhone.
